Jessa Crispin and I have been working on the Spolia Tarot for three and a half years. We’re very excited that you can now preorder the deck on our Kickstarter. Please do! And thank you!
A collaboration between Jen J May and myself, the deck is gorgeous and you should buy it.
Jessa is right, you should totally buy it.
On Saturday, Venus goes retrograde in Aries. This is a time for clarity, for finding your own balance in a world full of people. Some feelings grow hot and bright; some grow small and cold when you hold them in your hands. Look around you, and what love do you see? Look inside, and what love do you miss?
Source: New York Magazine
Sunday brings a solar eclipse in Pisces. The moon stands between the earth and the sun, and the energy in the sky becomes unfamiliar and wild. This is an energy that can’t be pinned down or harnessed, but it can move you, if you let it. The sky keeps giving us these new changes, offering gifts that might be what we need.
Source: New York Magazine
On Thursday, the sun moves into Aquarius. It’s strange timing; these are strange days. Under Aquarius we’ll be fueled by a different kind of fire. What could it look like, this week, to be called toward freedom?
Source: New York Magazine
Tonight, there’s a full moon in Taurus. Tonight, the moon moves closer to the earth than it’s been in 70 years. There’s a heaviness that clings to the earth and a heaviness that hangs in the sky. It’s a sorrow and a burden, and there’s no making it smaller. You can take this chance to plant your feet on the ground and roll up your sleeves, ready to love and fight.
Source: New York Magazine
“We’re obviously not correcting the record,” Crispin says. “Pamela Colman Smith”—who illustrated the iconic Ryder-Waite-Smith deck—“did an amazing job. She was a crazy visionary who doesn’t get enough credit.”
“There are so many decks and they serve a lot of purposes,” May adds. “We aren’t trying to be the new official deck.”
“It was more like an intense project we both wanted to do,” Crispin agrees.
A Sneak Peek at the Most Beautiful Tarot Cards We’ve Seen | Brooklyn Magazine
I talked to two of my favorite people about this crazy magnificent deck they are working on together: @spoliamag & @jenjmay.
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Jessa Crispin and I talked to Molly McArdle about our Spolia Tarot deck for Brooklyn Magazine. Our 2 of Swords is pictured above.
